A decade of science collaboration highlights impact of climate change on UK seas and coasts

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28 July 2017

Bringing together ten years of scientific research and the contributions of 400 scientists the latest Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) report summarises the wide ranging impacts and their potential future effects in a series of key findings, including:

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The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) has published its latest Report Card, involving a number of PML scientists. The report card provides the most comprehensive assessment yet on how climate change is affecting UK waters.

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